How do I find funders for a animals nonprofit in Colorado?

Start with the funders already giving to animals in Colorado, currently Ahimsa Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Colorado Gives Foundation. Then look at who funds the animals organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Colorado from out of state.

Who is the largest animals funder in Colorado?

Ahimsa Foundation gives the most to animals organizations in Colorado, $47M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to animals in Colorado?

$170M reached 325 animals organizations in Colorado, from 983 funders. 49% came from funders also based in Colorado.

How recent is this data?

It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

Funding · Colorado · Animals

Who funds animals in Colorado

$170M reached 325 animals organizations in Colorado, from 983 funders, with no single one dominating.

$170M

granted

325

organizations

49%

from in-state

The short version

983 funders gave $170M to 325 animals organizations in Colorado across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
49% of that came from funders also based in Colorado; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of animals in Colorado is Ahimsa Foundation, at $47M.
The animals organization drawing the most is Karuna Foundation, at $57M.

Largest funders of animals in Colorado

The funders giving the most to animals organizations in Colorado, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1Ahimsa Foundation$47M 2Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$20M 3Colorado Gives Foundation$12M 4Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$7M 5Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program$6M 6American Online Giving Foundation Inc$6M 7Colorado Zoological Trust$5M 8National Fish and Wildlife Foundation$3M 9Hadley & Marion Stuart Foundation$3M 10Paypal Charitable Giving Fund$2M

Animals organizations in Colorado that draw the most

Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.

Karuna Foundation$57M

315 other animals organizations$53M

Wildlife Protection Solutions$15M Morris Animal Foundation$8M The Wild Animal Sanctuary$8M

How to find animals funders in Colorado

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Start with the funders already active in Colorado
The funders giving the most to animals in Colorado are Ahimsa Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Colorado Gives Foundation. A funder already writing animals checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
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See who funds organizations like yours
Open the animals organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.
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Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
51% of animals money in Colorado comes from funders elsewhere, so national animals funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Colorado.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a animals nonprofit in Colorado?: Start with the funders already giving to animals in Colorado, currently Ahimsa Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Colorado Gives Foundation. Then look at who funds the animals organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Colorado from out of state.
Who is the largest animals funder in Colorado?: Ahimsa Foundation gives the most to animals organizations in Colorado, $47M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to animals in Colorado?: $170M reached 325 animals organizations in Colorado, from 983 funders. 49% came from funders also based in Colorado.
How recent is this data?: It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

More from the funding graph

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars pass through an intermediary

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

Strange bedfellows

the named clusters of US funding

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Giving abroad

which US foundations fund each country

Cause is the recipient's NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.